Bhubaneswar, June 8: A fire was spotted in an air-conditioned coach of Durg-Puri Express on Thursday in Odisha's Nuapada district, leaving passengers scared, the East Coast Railway said. No casualties were reported from the incident. The ECoR, in a statement, said smoke was detected in the B3 coach of the train as it reached the Khariar Road station this evening. Odisha Train Accident: Death Toll Rises to 278 in Balasore Triple Train Crash As Three More Succumb to Injuries.

"The brake pads caught fire due to friction and incomplete release of brakes. The fire was confined to brake pads. There was no damage," the railway said. The problem was rectified in less than an hour and the train departed the station at 11 pm, it said. The incident created panic among passengers, and most of them rushed out of the train. Odisha Train Accident: Over 100 Dead Bodies Still Unidentified, 55 Handed Over to Relatives.

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It occurred days after one of the worst train tragedies in the country at the Bahanaga Bazar station in Odisha's Balasore district, which claimed 288 lives and left more than 1,100 people injured after a crash involving Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express and a goods train.

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